You can probably guess that generative AI and its impact on the media industry, was one of the main topics of conversion at the recent Connecting the Dot Summit on the Summit organised by Andreas Waltenspiel . Since then, I’ve been thinking more on the subject and, building on the conversations in the Austrian Alps, have three initial predictions that I would like to share with you. As well as sharing the prediction, I'd like to give some historical background that leads to them. After all change doesn’t happen in one big moment, but with small incremental changes. Though often... Read more →
5 posts categorized "The Future of TV Tech"
In this article in the Future of TV Tech series, I’m looking at the future of television remote control. Note, this is not about TV remote control devices, as I don’t believe the future will involve dedicated handheld devices, So the headline picture is wrong. I believe the future of TV control will be voice (which will be obvious to most readers) and micro-gestures (maybe not so obvious). Read more →
Pretty much since the launch of the Apple App store back in 2008, there has been a consensus that the future of TV interface was app stores. App Stores provide a model for personalization, innovation and protection of content owner’s brand identity. But does the app store model and applications in general really work for TV? Is there an alternative? Given the success of app stores for mobile devices it is hard to challenge them, but I don’t think they work well enough and are not the future of TV interfaces. I do however have an alternative. Read more →
Today, amongst TV service providers, there is an ever-increasing focus on content discovery and recommendations. Some say that content discovery is the new battle ground for TV service providers, both traditional and new entrant. I still strongly believe that the content itself is still king, but service providers need to work to keep consumers finding and viewing the content that differentiates them. This article looks at TV recommendations, do they work, what is the future for them and how this affects the TV service provider landscape. Alert: In this article a media executive looks at his own behaviour and uses... Read more →
In this series “The Future of TV”, I will explore concepts that I believe could have a big impact on television. Concepts beyond what most people are thinking about today. People often ask me what is the “next big thing” is for television? They sometimes ask this for true insight but generally it is just as an ice breaker. As with any industry, the history of the “next big thing” is full of successes and failures. For a while the “next big thing” was thought to be 3D. Early in the hype cycle for 3D I rejected it for being... Read more →